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<p>At an event that was a political rally and a concert, rock superstar Bruce Springsteen fired up the mostly pro-Obama crowd with acoustic versions of "No Surrender," "The Promised Land," a funny Obama campaign song he wrote, "We Take Care of Our Own," and "Thunder Road."&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p>Democratic candidate for senate Tim Kaine introduced the Boss, saying "Thunder Road" by this "guy from New Jersey" was the best song he'd ever heard when he was a 17-year old kid growing up in the Midwest. Springsteen would sing the song for Kaine at the end of the show, and wish him good luck.&nbsp;</p>
<p>"I heard there was a good band playing in town tonight," Springsteen told the crowd before he began. His band plays the John Paul Jones Arena tonight.</p>
<p>At one point Springsteen did a pretty good imitation of Obama, telling a joke about how the President calls him every night, then sang a campaign song he made up, one that he said was difficult because it was hard to keep coming up with words that rhymed with Obama. Among other lines, there was "<span>said I was going to vote for Obama, but Fox News told me he smokes marijuana."</span></p>
<p>A good time was had by all.</p>
http://www.readthehook.com/108549/head-state-springsteen-rocks-pavilion-obama#comments_BreakingNewsFeaturedBruce SpringsteencharlottesvillePresident ObamavirginiaNewsTue, 23 Oct 2012 18:24:37 +0000Dave McNair108549 at http://www.readthehook.comNo trespassing: Local angler loses fight for Virginia river rightshttp://www.readthehook.com/108488/no-trespassing-local-anglers-looses-fight-virginia-river-rights
<p>After over two years and tens of thousands of dollars, Charlottesville citizen Dargan Coggeshall's legal fight to preserve fishing rights for Virginia anglers came to an end on October 9 in an <span>Alleghany County courtroom. </span></p>
<p>Coggeshall had been challenging a shore-side property owner along the Jackson River who wanted to prevent Coggesshall, an avid fisherman, from wading in the river. Back in 2010, the property owner had Coggeshall and brother-in-law Charlie Crawford arrested for trespassing, and would later seek $10,000 in damages. For Coggeshall, it became a battle to preserve river rights for all Virginia anglers, as well as recreational rights for non-anglers. After all, according to Virginia law, all its waterways are owned by the state and considered public property.&nbsp;</p>
<p>But there was a big kink in the law.</p>
<p>Several nearby property owners have been able to get around the law by producing so-called "crown grants" that were issued by the King of England over 250 years ago. What's more, Virginia courts have considered them legitimate documents of ownership.</p>
<p>Coggeshall had hoped his case would push the State's Attorney General's Office to step in, affirming state law in the face of these claims based on pre-Revolutionary War documents, but that did not happen. Instead, Coggeshall, who formed an organization called Virginia Rivers Defense Fund to raise money for the legal battle, had to finally give up. After Coggeshall's attorney informed the judge that his clents didn't have the financial resources to continue, a ruling would be handed down that gave the property owners the right to prevent anglers from wading in the river in front of their property.&nbsp;</p>
<p>"It became evident that without intervention of the Commonwealth to present its ownership claim to the same river bottom," said Coggeshall's attorney Scott Street, "my clients were facing an insurmountable financial challenge to attempt to disprove the claims set forth by the plaintiffs."</p>
<p>According to the property owners' attorney, however, the case was pretty cut and dry.&nbsp;</p>
<p>"The defendants in this case ceased contesting the plantiff's rights after the Court&nbsp;<span>ruled that they had made out a <em>prima facie</em> case of ownership," says the property owner's attorney James Jennings, "which is all that was required in this case or any case against trespassers, and that is the significance of the case.</span></p>
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<h2>Earlier stories</h2>
<p><a href="http://www.readthehook.com/106985/foggy-bottom-river-rights-case-could-impact-virginia-economy">Foggy bottom: river rights case could impact Virginia economy</a></p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://www.readthehook.com/102634/river-law-local-angler-fights-fishing-rights">"Riverlaw: Local anger fights for river access"</a></p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://www.readthehook.com/103902/river-law-update-local-angler-gets-day-court">River law update: Charlottesville angler gets a day in court</a></p>
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<p>"The landowners are pleased with the result," Jennings adds, "but they should not have been put to the great expense incurred to enforce their property rights."</p>
<p>As Jennings pointed out, the Comonweath chose not to intervene in this case, and for good reason. As a spokesperson for the Attorney General's office told the <em>Hook</em>, t<span>he law prevents them from </span><span>entering into legal disputes between private parties, "unless the dispute involves an interest of the Commonwealth, which we have determined is not the case here."</span></p>
<p>Coggeshall, however, still wonders why enforcing its own rights to Virginia's river bottoms wasn't considered to be in the Commonwealth's interest. &nbsp;</p>
<p>Ironically, Coggeshall claims it wasn't a Crown Grant that proved specific ownership of the river bottom in this case, but a string of deeds beginning in the 1940s. &nbsp;</p>
<p><a class="colorbox" href="/files/images/field_images/news-rivermap-f.jpg"><span class="fid22822 imagecache-200px_wide"><img src="http://www.readthehook.com/files/imagecache/200px_wide/images/field_images/news-rivermap-f.jpg" border="0" title="The section of the river in question lies just below Smith Bridge, which runs by the River's Edge residential development." /><span class="caption">The section of the river in question lies just below Smith Bridge, which runs by the River's Edge residential development.</span></span></a>"From our review of the chain of deeds produced by the plaintiffs, the first deed that actually explicitly includes 'river bottom' in the property description is from the 1940s," he says. "The river bed is not explicitly mentioned in the Abercromby Crown grant from 1743, nor is it mentioned in subsequent transfers spanning almost 200 years."</p>
<p>Ideally, Coggeshall says, an 1802 Virginia statute that grants ownership of the state's riverbeds to the Commonwealth should have trumped any claims made in the 1940s.&nbsp;</p>
<p>"In a court of law, however,&nbsp; if one party has color of title, another party, us, has no title, and a third party, the State, refuses to present its evidence of ownership, then the judge has little option but to rule in favor of the party who possesses color of title,"<span>&nbsp; says Coggeshall.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p>Jennings says that the property owners have asked the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to remove its map of the Jackson River showing its lands are open to the public, and that they will enforce their property rights against those who venture upon them.&nbsp;</p>
<p>"While fishing was not an issue in this case," he says, "the landowners are within their rights in posting the waters to prohibit fishing within their ownership boundaries."</p>
<p>Indeed, according to the Alleghany&nbsp;County tax assessors office, shore-side property owners are taxed on river bottom land that extends half-way across the river.&nbsp;</p>
<p>"The plaintiffs have now practically privatized the stretch of riverbed in front of their development based on little more than someone in the 1940s arbitrarily inserting 'river bottom' in a conveyance," says Coggeshall.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Also, as Coggeshall points out, the answer to the question of who really owns Virginia's riverbeds wasn't answered.&nbsp;</p>
<p>"At the end of the day, the plaintiffs did not get what they wanted, an adjudication declaring the riverbed as 'private' and them as absolute owners of it," says Coggeshall. "What they got was a decision that said they had presented sufficient evidence to support a simple trespass charge against me and my brother-in-law."&nbsp;</p>
<p><span>So what now? Well, Coggeshall isn't ready to give up.</span></p>
<p><span>"Now the real work begins," he says. "</span>The civil litigation ended, which now allows [the Defense Fund] to work with more lawmakers and state agencies like VDGIF to reduce the threat of misguided litigation towards other unsuspecting sportsmen and recreationalists, who don’t have the capacity to prove or disprove the validity of a King’s Grant.</p>
<p>"Turning this page also allows us to broaden our partnerships," Coggeshall adds, "with more sporting, conservation and environmental groups whose missions promote positive usage and stewardship of our rivers.”&nbsp;</p>
http://www.readthehook.com/108488/no-trespassing-local-anglers-looses-fight-virginia-river-rights#comments_BreakingNewsFeaturedAlleghany CountyDargan CoggeshallJackson RivervirginiaNewsMon, 22 Oct 2012 17:25:31 +0000Dave McNair108488 at http://www.readthehook.comFunStuff: Charlottesville events October 11 and beyondhttp://www.readthehook.com/107690/funstuff-charlottesville-events-october-11-and-beyond
<p><a class="colorbox" href="/files/images/field_images/fun-homecomings.jpg"><img class="imagecache-200px_wide" src="http://www.readthehook.com/files/imagecache/200px_wide/images/field_images/fun-homecomings.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong>UVA Homecomings</strong><br /><strong>Homecomings</strong> at UVA is an event-packed weekend every fall surrounding a home football game. Should be a good one this year, as <strong>Virginia and Maryland</strong> are ranked pretty closely in the ACC. But Homecomings isn't just about Saturday football. In addition to home soccer and women's volleyball games, a bunch of fun events open to the public are also planned. For instance, there's a big cook-out on the South Lawn on Thursday, October 11 featuring free Big Jim's BBQ and music from The C-Villians. On October 12, UVA promises a "Fridays After Five" vibe at the Amphitheater. There will be music by Love Cannon and more from the C-Villians.<br />&#8211;&gt;October 11-13, <a href="http://alumni.virginia.edu/events-reunions/homecomings/" target="_self">UVA Grounds</a>, 5pm, free</p>
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<p><a class="colorbox" href="/files/images/field_images/fun-marthas.jpg"><img class="imagecache-200px_wide" src="http://www.readthehook.com/files/imagecache/200px_wide/images/field_images/fun-marthas.jpg" style="float: right;" border="0" /></a><strong>Martha's Market</strong><br />This annual benefit for the <strong>Women’s Committee of Martha Jefferson Hospita</strong>l has helped raise over $3 million to support breast health, women’s midlife health, heart disease, community outreach, and more. Every year, as many as 70 boutiques set up shop in the John Paul Jones Arena to create a huge once-a-year weekend marketplace. This is the event's 19th year, with all vendors donating 15 percent of their sales to the cause. Admission includes a parking and package check. Kids under 13 get in free. <br />&#8211;&gt;October 12-14, <a href="http://www.johnpauljonesarena.com/event_details.asp?id=221" target="_self">John Paul Jones Arena</a>, 10am-7pm, $10</p>
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<p><a class="colorbox" href="/files/images/field_images/onarch-swananoa-front0920.jpg"><img class="imagecache-200px_wide" src="http://www.readthehook.com/files/imagecache/200px_wide/images/field_images/onarch-swananoa-front0920.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong>Visit a palace</strong> <br />If you haven't had a chance to visit <strong>Swannanoa</strong>, the sumptuous but decaying 1912 Italianate palace on <strong>Afton Mountain</strong>, now, during its fall opening, is your chance. Built in 1912 by Richmond industrialist James Dooley, the Villa Medici-inspired mansion took 300 artisans eight years to build and features an array of fascinating detail, like a huge Tiffany stained-glass window. Later, it became a country club, and then it was leased by an oddball genius named Walter Russell, who, in addition to being an accomplished sculptor, writer, wood carver, and figure skater, founded the University of Science and Philosophy at Swannanoa with his second wife, Lao Russell, which existed there until 1998. The current owner has many times vowed to restore Swannanoa, but that has yet to happen. <br />&#8211;&gt;October 11-November 4, <a href="http://nelsoncounty.com/visit/swannanoa/" target="_self">Swannanoa Palace</a>, 11:30am to 5:30pm, $6</p>
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<p>‪<a class="colorbox" href="/files/images/field_images/fun-rebelution-2.jpg"><img class="imagecache-200px_wide" src="http://www.readthehook.com/files/imagecache/200px_wide/images/field_images/fun-rebelution-2.jpg" style="float: right;" border="0" /></a><strong>Rebelution‬</strong><br />When Santa Barbara-based Cali-reggae, roots band <strong>Rebelution</strong> released their first album <em>Courage to Grow</em> in 2007, they had a welcome attitude. “We feel people in the world could use some encouragement in this time to stay motivated," the band said. In 2009, <em>Bright Side of Life</em> hit number one on the <strong>Billboard Top Reggae Albums</strong> chart. Fresh off the release of their latest effort, <em>Peace of Mind</em>, which debuted at number 13 on the Billboard top 200 charts, Charlottesville will get to enjoy a band on the rise. And couldn't we all use a little Wednesday encouragement?<br />&#8211;&gt;October 17, <a href="http://www.jeffersontheater.com/rebelution" target="_self">Jefferson Theater</a>, 8pm, $17-$20</p>
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<p><a class="colorbox" href="/files/images/field_images/fun-glasshouse-2.jpg"><img class="imagecache-200px_wide" src="http://www.readthehook.com/files/imagecache/200px_wide/images/field_images/fun-glasshouse-2.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong>WriterHouse benefit</strong><br />Here's your chance to mingle with the local literati while supporting local writers. The third annual <strong>Words and Wine Benefit</strong> for <strong>WriterHouse</strong>, the local writers' support and education organization that has fueled some considerable creativity, will be at the <strong>Glass House Winery</strong> in <strong>Free Union</strong>. Tickets to the event include wine and chocolate tastings, hors d’oeuvres, and a chance to win some great prizes, including vacation stays in France, Vermont, and Santa Fe. Get tickets to the Sunday event at WriterHouse at 508 Dale Avenue in Charlottesville, or buy them online at <a href="http://www.writerhouse.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=832:words-a-wine-2012&amp;catid=1:latest-news" target="_self">writerhouse.org</a>.<br />&#8211;&gt;October 14, <a href="http://www.writerhouse.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=832:words-a-wine-2012&amp;catid=1:latest-news" target="_self">Glass House Winery</a>, 2pm-5pm, $30</p>
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<p><a class="colorbox" href="/files/images/field_images/fun-richards-1.jpg"><img class="imagecache-200px_wide" src="http://www.readthehook.com/files/imagecache/200px_wide/images/field_images/fun-richards-1.jpg" style="float: right;" border="0" /></a><strong>Big climb story</strong><br />In 2010, photographer and climber <strong>Cory Richards </strong>set out to climb Pakistan’s Gasherbrum II, the world’s thirteenth tallest peak&#8211; in the middle of winter. Expeditions typically tackle <strong>Himalayan mountains </strong>in the summer, and even then it's no piece of cake, but Richards and his team endured blizzards and made it to the top. The feat made him the first American to ever make a winter ascent in the Himalayas, and earned him an <strong>Adventurer of the Year</strong> award from <em>National Geographic</em>. As part of the Northface speakers series, Richards comes to the Jefferson on Tuesday to regale us mere mortals on the risks, rewards, and perils of Himalayan alpinism. <br />&#8211;&gt;October 16, <a href="http://www.jeffersontheater.com/north-face-speaker-series" target="_self">Jefferson Theater</a>, 7pm, $8-$20</p>
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<p><a class="colorbox" href="/files/images/field_images/fun-kennedy-khrushchev.jpg"><img class="imagecache-200px_wide" src="http://www.readthehook.com/files/imagecache/200px_wide/images/field_images/fun-kennedy-khrushchev.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong>Cuban Missile Crisis re-visited</strong><br />You think the Obama administration has a lot to deal with? Fifty years ago this October, the Kennedy administration, fresh off an embarrassing failure to invade communist Cuba, locked horns with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in <a href="http://www.cubanmissilecrisis.org/" target="_self">a 13-day stand off </a>that historians believe was the closest the world has ever come to all out nuclear war. Over at <strong>UVA's Center for Politics</strong>, they've assembled an impressive panel of scholars and experts to re-examine the crisis, including insights from Khrushchev's son, Sergei Khruschev. Other panelist include David Robarge, Chief Historian for the CIA, and Richard Reeves, author of <em>President Kennedy: Profile of Power</em>. Register online at <a href="https://hoosonline.virginia.edu/site/apps/ka/rg/register.asp?c=jlKSL9MWIuG&amp;b=8347409&amp;en=7gLDLOOrF6JMJYMuF5III0MLKqLXL0OzFgJUK0MDIgIMI5OQF" target="_self">www.centerforpolitics.org</a><br />&#8211;&gt;October 18, <a href="https://hoosonline.virginia.edu/site/apps/ka/rg/register.asp?c=jlKSL9MWIuG&amp;b=8347409&amp;en=7gLDLOOrF6JMJYMuF5III0MLKqLXL0OzFgJUK0MDIgIMI5OQF" target="_self">UVA's Wilson Hall</a>, 7:30pm-9pm, free</p>
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<p><a class="colorbox" href="/files/images/field_images/fun-crozet-festival.jpg"><img class="imagecache-200px_wide" src="http://www.readthehook.com/files/imagecache/200px_wide/images/field_images/fun-crozet-festival.jpg" style="float: right;" border="0" /></a><strong>Festive in Crozet </strong><br />The <strong>Crozet Arts &amp; Crafts Festival</strong>, an over 30-year tradition that has become one of the premiere such festivals in Virginia, draws over 100 artists and craftspeople from around the country. The weekend-long event, held rain or shine, showcases artists and artisans working with pottery, textiles, leather, glass, wood, metal, photography, paint, and more. There are also food vendors, of course, like Blue Ridge Kettle Korn, the Lion's Club famous gourmet hot dogs, K&amp;R BBQ, La Cocina del Sol, and others. This year there's also a wine-tasting tent featuring top local vintages. Oh, and there's live bluegrass and Appalachian folk music, kids stuff like train rides, facepainting, sand art, and a bounce house.&nbsp; <br />&#8211;&gt;October 13-14, <a href="http://www.crozetartsandcrafts.com/home" target="_self">Claudius Crozet Park</a>, 10am-5pm, $6</p>
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<p><a class="colorbox" href="/files/images/field_images/fun-waynesboroarts.jpg"><img class="fid23385 imagecache-200px_wide" src="http://www.readthehook.com/files/imagecache/200px_wide/images/field_images/fun-waynesboroarts.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong>Fall, fete, art</strong><br />Looks like its going to be a festival weekend. <strong>Waynesboro</strong> has a pretty well-known festival of its own, the <strong>Fall Foliage Festival Art Show</strong>, during which downtown streets are closed down and the area is transformed into a huge arts and craft gallery. <em>Virginia Living Magazine</em> selected this festival the 2012 Best Art Event in Virginia. Hosted by the Shenandoah Valley Art Center, over 150 creative folks from across the country will be there, displaying their paintings, pottery, jewelry, sculpture, and more in the weekend-long event. <br />&#8211;&gt;October 13-14, <a href="http://svacart.com/vfffas.php" target="_self">Downtown Waynesboro</a>,10am-5pm, free</p>
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<p><strong><a class="colorbox" href="/files/images/field_images/fun-winefest.jpg"><img class="imagecache-200px_wide" src="http://www.readthehook.com/files/imagecache/200px_wide/images/field_images/fun-winefest.jpg" style="float: right;" border="0" /></a>River City wine &amp; jazz</strong> <br />Adjacent to the art show, Waynesboro is also offering up another fun event: the <strong>5th Annual River City Wine &amp; Jazz Festival</strong>, featuring the guitar and vocal duo Barbara Martin and Vince Lewis, the old rockin' rythms of the The Boogie Kings, and the can't-help-dancing group Chunk of Funk 45. Of course, 10 area wineries will also be on hand. <br />&#8211;&gt;October 13-14, <a href="http://www.rivercitywinefest.com/index.html" target="_self">Downtown Waynesboro</a>, 12pm-7pm, $10</p>
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<p>This week's "FunStuff" was compiled by Dave McNair, and next week's "FunStuff" will be compiled by another newsroom staffer. To get your event considered, send a <a href="107326/104657/submit-an-event">press release and photo</a> to <a href="mailto:event@readthehook.com">event@readthehook.com</a>.</p>
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http://www.readthehook.com/107690/funstuff-charlottesville-events-october-11-and-beyond#comments_BreakingNews_Food_Kids and Family_Music_Walkabout_ArtFeaturedartscrozeteducationfoodFunStuffmusicvirginiawaynesboroCultural previewTue, 02 Oct 2012 20:30:56 +0000Dave McNair107690 at http://www.readthehook.comArtisans Studio Tour "Meet & Greet" at Blue Whale Bookshttp://www.readthehook.com/101302/artisans-studio-tour-meet-greet-blue-whale-books
<p>Blue Whale Books hosts a preview and "Meet &amp; Greet" in anticipation of next weekend's 17th Annual Artisans Studio Tour. Many participating artists will be on hand to discuss their methods, inspirations, and motivations. There will also be a video pottery demonstration. 115 W. Main St. on the Downtown Mall. 296-4646.</p>
_ArtArtEventsAnnual Artisans TourartvirginiaFri, 07 Oct 2011 18:21:03 +0000LParsons101302 at http://www.readthehook.com17th Annual Artisans Studio Tourhttp://www.readthehook.com/101298/17th-annual-artisans-studio-tour
<p>Over 30 regional artisans in 19 studios open their doors during the 17th Annual Artisans Studio Tour. View demonstrations of making pottery, jewelry, textiles, furniture, and other crafts, and get an inside look at the lives of these local artisans. Visit <a target="_blank" href="http://www.artisanstudiotour.com/">www.artisanstudiotour.com</a> for a map and more details.</p>
_ArtArtEventsAnnual Artisans TourartvirginiaFri, 07 Oct 2011 17:53:57 +0000LParsons101298 at http://www.readthehook.comGood kill, good food: How to thank a chickenhttp://www.readthehook.com/99374/good-kill-good-food-how-kill-chicken
<p></p><P>For anthropologist-turned-local farmer <STRONG>Elizabeth Van Deventer </strong>of <A href="http://www.daviscreekfarm.com/"><STRONG>Davis Creek Farms</strong></a>,&nbsp;killing animals to eat&nbsp;involves showing respect and gratitude for the sustenance&nbsp;they will provide. As the photo shows, Van Deventer holds&nbsp;a chicken close to her breast before taking its life, a ritual whose meaning she will discuss <STRONG>Friday</strong>, <STRONG>July 29,</strong> as part of <STRONG>psychologist Len Worley's</strong> summer program series on the <STRONG>Downtown Mall.</strong> <BR /><BR />Indeed, when most of us happily enjoy a nice herb-roasted chicken breast or rib eye steak at our favorite restaurant, the reality of taking&nbsp;the animal's life is far removed from our experience. Worley, whose practice combines the&nbsp; psychological with the spiritual, will interview Van Deventer on the dilemma of having to take a life in order to eat.</p><br />
<P>Worley says this presentation is a forerunner to a longer series of events he will be hosting, starting in late August, called the <EM>Avatar Project: Activating Genetic Potential.</em><BR /><BR />"I will bring together doctors, nutritionists, scientists, and healers twice a month to discuss the latest innovations for not only extending life but actualizing our greater physical and mental capacities," says Worley. "High quality, nutritionally dense, locally grown food is a central focus of this discussion, and Elizabeth Van Deventer’s presentation will heighten awareness of where our food comes from, how it is prepared, and how we participate in the larger web of life."</p><br />
<P>Whoa, that's deep, man!<BR /><BR />Van Deventer, who has been <A href="http://www.southernliving.com/travel/south-east/charlottesville-virginia-organic-farms-00400000049579/page6.html">featured in <STRONG><EM>Southern Living</em></strong></a>, grew up on a Virginia dairy farm, but traveled the world as a <STRONG>Peace Corps</strong> volunteer in <STRONG>West Africa </strong>and researched farming culture in <STRONG>France</strong>. She has a Ph.D. in anthropology from the <STRONG>University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill</strong>, and founded her farm in <STRONG>Lovingston </strong>with her husband and family, managing a herd of 50 cattle and 4,000 chickens. <BR /><BR />The talk starts at <STRONG>7pm at 211 West Main Street</strong>. The event is free, but you need to register by emailing Worley at <a href="mailto:lenworley@visionaryguest.org">lenworley@visionaryguest.org</a> or by calling 434-953-5399.</p>
http://www.readthehook.com/99374/good-kill-good-food-how-kill-chicken#comments_FoodEducationFoodFood FeaturedThe DishDavis Creek FarmLovingstonvirginiaThe DishTue, 19 Jul 2011 14:50:36 +0000Dave McNair99374 at http://www.readthehook.comHurt puts the hurt on 5th district's wannabeshttp://www.readthehook.com/67371/hurt-puts-hurt-5th-districts-wannabes
<!&#8211; This will not be inserted &#8211;><!&#8211; This will not be inserted &#8211;><div class="captionLeft140"><a href="http://www.readthehook.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/cover-hurt.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-34195" title="cover-hurt" src="http://www.readthehook.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/cover-hurt-140x105.jpg" alt="cover-hurt" width="140" height="105" /></a><br />
<strong>Establishment candidate Robert Hurt prevails.</strong><br />
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<p>Conventional wisdom prevails as Tea Party target and State Sen. Robert Hurt <a href="https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2010/3429C052-221D-420E-B117-AB75E2FD4894/Unofficial/6_s.shtml" target="_self">wins the 5th district Republican primary race</a> with 48 percent of the vote and will face Rep. Tom Perriello (D) in the fall.<br />
</p><p class="whitespace">Wealthy <em>Hook</em>-dissing lady’s man Jim McKelvey came in second with 25.8 percent, fly-boy unknown Michael McPadden comes in third with 10 percent, local BOS-man Ken Boyd gets 7.3 percent (Boyd won among County voters, but came in third in the City), hot-headed “family values” candidate Feda Morton Kidd gets 4.6 percent, Thelonius Monk lovin’ conservative political novice Laurence Verga gets 2.2 percent, and long-shot Reagan worshiping funny man Ron Ferrin gets 1.6 percent.<br />
</p><p class="whitespace">However, the big story may be how little anybody cared <a href="http://www.readthehook.com/stories/2010/05/20/COVER-5th-dist-republicans-B.aspx" target="_self">about this primary</a>. Just 8 percent of active voters in the 5th district bothered going to the polls, and in Charlottesville just 2.3 percent gave a hoot. Fun fact: In the County 5,219 people voted compared to just 649 in the City.</p>
http://www.readthehook.com/67371/hurt-puts-hurt-5th-districts-wannabes#comments_BreakingNewsGovt/PoliticsPeople5th districtRobert HurtvirginiaWed, 09 Jun 2010 03:24:24 +0000Dave McNair67371 at http://www.readthehook.comChang watch: The chef has landedhttp://www.readthehook.com/67965/chang-watch-chef-has-landed
<p><a href="http://www.readthehook.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/dish-chang-cooking.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-31268 alignleft" title="dish-chang-cooking" src="http://www.readthehook.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/dish-chang-cooking-133x200.jpg" alt="dish-chang-cooking" width="133" height="200" /></a>We know you’re all just sitting at your computers waiting for the latest <a href="http://www.readthehook.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/23/the-chang-effect-wooing-palates-breaking-hearts-and-why-he-left/">Peter Chang </a>update. Well, here it is: according to Chang’s “consultant and translator,” Gen Lee, the quixotic chef has found a place of his own somewhere in Short Pump, though it's not a done deal yet. Lee says the paperwork should be finalized this week. If all goes according to plan, the place should be open in about three or four months, says Lee. Stay tuned for further details.</p>
http://www.readthehook.com/67965/chang-watch-chef-has-landed#comments_BreakingNews_FoodBusinessFeaturedPeople12th Street TaphouseBel Riopeter changShort PumpvirginiaThu, 15 Apr 2010 14:14:12 +0000Dave McNair67965 at http://www.readthehook.comGreen Acres is the place to be!http://www.readthehook.com/70213/green-acres-place-be
<p>On <strong>Saturday</strong>, <strong>September 26</strong> there’s a fun and food filled event happening at Green Acres Lake in <strong>Stanardsville</strong>, the <strong>Green Acres Lake Festival</strong>.<br />
</p><p class="whitespace">According to organizers, the event will feature live music all day with <strong>Ice House Road</strong>, <strong>Country Poor Bluegrass</strong>, and <strong>Burntmill Band</strong>, with a “little local hootenanny in between.” There’ll be kayaks and canoes (courtesy of <strong>Blue Ridge Mountain Sports</strong>) to take out on the lake, games on the beach for all ages, a kids fishing tournament, arts and crafts, a big flea market, loads of raffles, and plenty of good festival food.<br />
</p><p class="whitespace">The event is a benefit for the <strong>Greene Acres Property Owners Association</strong> to thwart mosquito infestation of their lake. Last year, the dam there sprang a leak and they had to drain it for repair, which drained the fish population. Now they want to restock it to ensure that it has a healthy ecosystem, which means plenty of fish next year to eat all the mosquito larvae. You can go the <a href="http://www.gapoa.org/" target="_blank">Greene Acres website</a> to find out more.</p>
http://www.readthehook.com/70213/green-acres-place-be#comments_FoodCommunityEntertainmentOutdoorsfestivalstandardsvillevirginiaTue, 15 Sep 2009 17:13:06 +0000Dave McNair70213 at http://www.readthehook.com